School children get building

Cirencester Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs recently helped whole classes of children from Powell’s Primary School to get involved in the LEGO Abbey project.

Over four
days, all 420 children from the school attended the Parish Church in class
groups and placed a single brick each onto a module of the Abbey model. On the morning
when Rotary and Inner Wheel members were stewards, two classes of 30
five-year-old children arrived in quick succession.

Rotarian Peter Todd said, “We had been
pre-warned and were set up to ensure that all the children could place their
individual bricks, see the Abbey model and find out a little more about the
Abbey’s history. They were really well behaved and certainly seemed to enjoy
the whole experience – including workshops which had been staged at their
school in advance of their visit.”

Building of the LEGO Abbey started at
Easter and the model is now progressing very well, with several sections fully
completed. A number of schools and organisations have paid to sponsor sections
of the model and then attended to build and install them onto the main model.

Peter Todd said, “Our two clubs are
strong supporters of the LEGO Abbey project. We have so far sponsored three
modules and continue to carry out regular stewarding duties – which are good
fun. I would encourage anyone thinking of getting involved – either to sponsor
a section or help with stewarding – to get in touch.”